Creative Awards – 2025 Shortlist
The prolific north creative awards recognise the organisations, teams and individuals putting the north on the map in the creative and digital sectors.
Check out the extraordinary talent showcased this year! The big reveal was on June 26th at Victoria Warehouse in Manchester.
Advertising Campaign: Large
- Cornerstone & Pyrocalm – Get to the Heart of the Burn
- McCann & Slumberdown – Searching for Sleep
- McCann & Yorkshire Water – Blockages
- News UK & Brown Forman – The Times Whisky Guide: A Perfect Blend
- Workhouse & Interfloor – Defying Gravity with Tredaire
Winner – McCann & Yorkshire Water – Blockages
Advertising Campaign: Medium
- BWP & Eldon Square – Fresh, Fearless & Fabulous
- Cravens & British Cycling – Paris 2024
- Leith & Irn Bru – Euros Campaign
- McCann & Leeds Beckett University – Be Unlike Minded
- McCann & Mayhew – Light at the end of the tunnel
- Ponderosa Agency & Russell Hobbs - A Moment of Me-Time
- Sergeant Walnuts & Betfred – Pick Your Nose
Winner – Leith & Irn Bru – Euros Campaign
Best Collaboration
- GAS™ Music & Leith & Luton Airport Express – 32 Minutes to Go
- GAS™ Music & McCann & East Midlands Railway – Epic Train Travel!
- HUB & La Redoute & Roisin Quinn – La Fleur
- McCann & Testicular Cancer Society – Highlight your balls
- McCann & Thomas Cook – Deflatables
- McCann & Yorkshire Water – Blockages
- Good Good Double Good & Totally Stockport – On the Up!
Winner – GAS™ Music & Leith & Luton Airport Express – 32 Minutes to Go
Brand Launch/Activation or Event - Sponsored by Colony
- BWP Group & Eldon Square – Fresh, Fearless and Fabulous
- CreativeHutch & Matrx – The Science of Seating
- HUB, La Redoute & Roisin Quinn – ’La Fleur’
- MadeBrave & First Bus – Fare’s Fair
- Mutatio Creative Ltd & Malka Livingstone – Brand Creation
- One Agency Media & ELEMIS – ELEMIS arrives in the heart of the city
Winner – MadeBrave & First Bus – Fare’s Fair
Healthcare Campaign
- Bupa Health Clinics – Breaking the Cycle
- Continuous & The Eve Appeal – Whatever gets you going
- GAS™ Music, 21 Grams & Bowel Research UK – Soil Samples
- Leith & Sanofi – Sanofi Meningitis Flag
- McCann & Testicular Cancer Society – Highlight your balls
Winner – McCann & Testicular Cancer Society – Highlight your balls
Rebrand
- Applied Digital Marketing & Aquaspersions
- CreativeHutch & Kuschall
- KISS Branding & Fullers Foods – Feeding the Nation, Together
- MONO & That Lifestyle Co.
- Poke & National Football Museum – Football Matters
- Sergeant Walnuts & Joseph Holt – Spin Doctor
Winner – Sergeant Walnuts & Joseph Holt – Spin Doctor
Social Impact Campaign
- McCann & Testicular Cancer Society – Highlight your balls
- McCann & Thomas Cook – Deflatables
- Good Good Double Good & Totally Stockport – On the Up!
- Poke Marketing & Alder Hey – Put Children First, ”The Sparks”
- Sam Teale Productions – Knives Claim Lives
- Sam Teale Productions & The Sisterhood – Let’s Goa!
Winner – McCann & Testicular Cancer Society – Highlight your balls
Branding & Visual Identity - Sponsored by Colony
- Brandon Medical & Hel – Bringing Innovation to Life
- CreativeHutch & S-Cape
- Fishtank Agency & Magnera
- Influential & The Champs Public Health Collaborative – Smoking Ends Here
- Jam & Perfect Pet – The Pawfect Rebrand
- McCann & Leeds Beckett University – Be Unlike Minded
- Sergeant Walnuts & Manchester Building Society
- Visions Design & Lemonade
- Workhouse & Forbes Solicitors – More Than Law
Winner – Jam & Perfect Pet – The Pawfect Rebrand
Digital Design
- Cornerstone Design & Marketing – Cancer Research UK’s Manchester Institute
- Tall – SharkNinja
- Visions Design – Unreasonable Agency
Winner – Tall – SharkNinja
Documentary/Branded Content
- Coolbox & University of Leeds – I’m Still Me
- McCann & VOOM – The Climb
- Prime Video – Molly Mae: Behind It All
- Workerbee – Four Kings
Winner – McCann & VOOM – The Climb
Motion Graphics & Animation
- Flow Creative & Transport for Greater Manchester – Let’s Go Summer!
- Flow Creative & Trussell – Stand for Change
- McGill Productions & Almanak – Launch on Legion
- One Agency & Tatcha – The Dewy Skin Cream
- Workhouse & Interfloor – Defying Gravity with Tredaire
Winner – Flow Creative & Trussell – Stand for Change
OUT-OF-HOME (OOH) AD
Winner – McCann & Thomas Cook – Deflatables
Sound Design & Audio Branding
- 344 Audio & ThunderHawk Studio – Craft & Instinct
- GAS™ Music & 21 Grams – Soil Samples
- McGill Productions & Protein Works – Soundtrack to Your Summer
- This Is Distorted & LNER – Routes
Winner – GAS™ Music & 21 Grams – Soil Samples
Storytelling
- Cravens & First Bus – First Bus Storybook
- Leith & EFPIA – Chris Roberts Alzheimer’s Story
- McCann & VOOM – The Climb
- Good Good Double Good & Totally Stockport – On the Up!
- OneTwo & Joint Security and Resilience Centre – CityWatch: Streets of Tomorrow – a live, immersive experience
- Sam Teale Productions & The Sisterhood – Let’s Goa!
- Smoking Gun & Alton Towers Resort – Nemesis Reborn: Back with a vengeance
- The Avenue Agency & Saint Lucia Tourism Authority – Saint Lucia Stories
Winner – Sam Teale Productions & The Sisterhood – Let’s Goa!
Video/Film/Ad - Sponsored by YourFilm
- Coolbox, Creed Comms & G4S – Women In Security
- McCann & VOOM – The Climb
- Picture Lock Films & Barrie Wells Trust – Box4Kids
- The Chase Films & Zyxel Networks – Zero to IT Hero – A Tale of Two Offices’
- Workhouse & Interfloor – Defying Gravity with Tredaire
Winner – The Chase Films & Zyxel Networks – Zero to IT Hero – A Tale of Two Offices’
Creative for Good Award - Large Budget - SPONSORED BY Creative Coalition
- Flow Creative & Trussell – Stand for Change
- Leith, Campaign for Better Transport & Fossil Free Football – Carbon Boot
- MadeBrave & Catherine McEwan Foundation – Shooting the Sh*t for Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
- McCann & Testicular Cancer Society – Highlight your balls
- McCann & Yorkshire Water – Blockages
- npd & Safepoint – Callie: From Concept to Life-Saving Jewellery
- One6th – Two Black Boys in Paradise
- Think & Once Upon a Smile – Brings a Smile
Winner – One6th – Two Black Boys in Paradise
Creative for Good Award - Medium Budget
- Films Not Words & Manchester Women’s Aid & The Pankhurst Trust – Kate’s Story: Transforming the Lives of Women In Refuge
- Fishtank Agency & Stripes – Purpose Over Profit
- Gemma Downes – Music Of The Future
- Gumpo Digital Marketing & The Castle – Fundraiser for Chester Womens Aid
- McCann & Mayhew – Light at the end of the tunnel
- McCann & Thomas Cook – Deflatables
- NDIM – Bringing Neurodiversity to the forefront of media employer consideration
- Sam Teale Productions & The Sisterhood – Let’s Goa!
- ThinkPR & Autism and Neurodiversity North Scotland – The Think Different Dinner
Winner – McCann & Mayhew – Light at the end of the tunnel
Creative Technology Award
- OneTwo & Joint Security and Resilience Centre – CityWatch: Streets of Tomorrow – a live, immersive experience
- Ponderosa Agency, Tungsten Media & Russell Hobbs – A Moment of Me-Time
- Printworks & ADI – Europe’s Largest Digital Ceiling
- Proof3 – Content personalisation using historical order data
Winner – OneTwo & Joint Security and Resilience Centre – CityWatch: Streets of Tomorrow – a live, immersive experience
Creative Agency - sponsored by print.com
- Add People
- Cornerstone DM
- MadeBrave
- Mutatio Creative Ltd
- Poke Marketing
- Sun Branding
- Tall
Winner – Tall
Creative Studio - Sponsored by Sun branding
- Flow Creative
- npd
- OBI Studio
- One Agency Media
Winner – npd
Production Company - Sponsored by No Drama
- Coolbox
- REVOLUTION PRODUCTIONS
- Sam Teale Productions
- Workerbee
Winner – REVOLUTION PRODUCTIONS
Creative Trailblazer Award
- Anastasiia Komarnytska – AK-EXPERIENCE
- Audrey Hall – The Safe Space Sisterhood CIC
- Eve Young – SocialChain
- Mark Blundell – BPM Rehab
- Samuel Marriott-Dowding – Marriott Communications
This award is decided by a combination of judge’s scores and public vote.
Winner – Audrey Hall – The Safe Space Sisterhood CIC
Creative Rising Star - sponsored by Dentsu Creative
- Erin Ingram – ThinkPR
- Evie Logue – Peter Tyson
- Jennifer Davies – Interactive Investor
- Jessica Baillie – Coolbox
- Laufey Guðnadóttir – One Agency
- Millie Graham – Tall
This award is decided by a combination of judge’s scores and public vote.
Winner – Evie Logue – Peter Tyson
2025 Sponsors
Brands & Agencies
Creative Coalition
Royal Liver Suite
No Drama
YourFilm
Print.com
Colony
Sun Branding
The Eastern Blok
